Watching Jamie Cullum on stage, leaping around, standing on his piano, cracking jokes with the audience and generally giving the impression he’s having the time of his life, you sense the one thing he’s not short on is confidence.

But despite that appearance, and the fact that he’s been releasing albums since 1999, he says it’s only now he feels confident enough to refer to himself as an artist, rather than “just” a musician.

It might not seem a big deal, but to 33-year-old Cullum it’s a significant distinction to make.

“I used to hear that word, ‘artist’, and think it was a really pretentious thing to say,” he explains. “I’ve come to think it means you’re creative for a living and you listen to yourself and follow your heart with your music. That’s what I’ve been trying to do.”

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